#CBAF40#CBAF40

#CBAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAF40
RGB	rgb(203, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -2.07, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 58.31, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0109 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.131 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8860, 43.7288, 11.1364)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAF40 #405CCB

analogous

#CB6A40 #CBAF40 #A1CB40

triadic

#CBAF40 #40CBAF #AF40CB

tetradic

#CBAF40 #40CB6A #405CCB #CB40A1

square

#CBAF40 #40CB6A #405CCB #CB40A1

split-complementary

#CBAF40 #40A1CB #6A40CB

monochromatic

#72611F #A28A2C #CBAF40 #D8C370 #E5D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CBAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CBAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAF40

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAF40	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67b',
    500: '#cbaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbaf40;
$custom-light: #dec67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAF40

secondary

#95A1D2

accent

#66E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAF40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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